Releasing device



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M. M. SHELLEY.

RELEASING DEVICE.

No. 367,556. Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

INVENTOR WITNESSES a; I r A ATTORNEYS.

N. PEIERS. Pmwtnm w. Wnhington. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORTIMER M. SHELLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NElVYORK.

RELEASING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION foaming part of Letters Patent No, 367,556, dated August 21887.

Application filed May 4, 1887.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTIMER M. SHELLEY, of Brooklyn, in the conntyof Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Inr proved Releasing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to anovel device that is applicable for use in connection with horse stables, the object of the invention being to provide a means whereby,in case ofa fire,all of the horses within a given row of stalls maybe released at the same time, and by which, after the horses have been released, they will be driven from their stalls and from the stable.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a stable provided with my releasing device. Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating the construction of one of the halter-ring bolts, the bolt-keepers being shown in section and only a portion of the operating-rod being shown in the figure; and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the mechanism employed to throw the boltoperating bar and to move the valve or stopcock of the water-pipe.

In the drawings above referred to, A A rep resent horse-stalls, of which the mangers or feedingboxes are shown at a. Beneath these mangers there is mounted a horizontal red, I), which carries as many bolts 0 as there are stalls, said bolts being connected to the rod b beneath the feeding-boxes or mangers. The bolts 0 are guided by brackets d, and arranged to enter keepers c, this construction being shown in detailin Fig. 2. The end of the rod bis provided with a rack, f, that is engaged by a mutilated gear, 5/, carried by a vertical shaft, h, said shalt being provided with a bevelgear, 2', that is engaged by a bevel gear, it, said gear being carried by a horizontal shaft, 1, which passes out through the wall of the stable,, and is provided with a manipulating attachment upon its extending end. A. water-pipe,

B, is fixed to the wall of the stable directly in Serial No. 237.068. (No model.)

front of the stalls, and this pipe is connected with the water-main by means of a pipe, m, in which there is arranged a valve, the handle of which is shown at n. The valve-haudle n is slotted, as shown at o, and the slot so formed in the valvehandle is entered by a pin, 2, that is carried by a horizontal rack, q, said rack being so mounted that it will be engaged by the teeth of a mutilated gear, 1', that is carried by the shaft h, the gears g and 0 being so timed that just as the gear 9 has acted to throw the red I) in the direction of the arrow (shown in connection with said rod in Fig. 1) the teeth of the gear 1? will enter into engagement with the teeth of the rack q, and the rack will be thrown so as to open the valve of the pipe m, from which arrangement it follows that if the shaft h be turned the rod 1) willfirst be moved to throw the boltscfrom engagement with their keepers and immediately thereafter the valve of the pipe at will be opened and water will be admitted to the pipe 13, so that if the halterrings 8 of the horses stabled in the stalls are in engagement with the bolts 0 said horses will be first released and then will be subjected to a stream of water, which will be dashed into their faces, causing said horses to turn and run from their stalls; and in order that the horses maybe prevented from eongregating at the end of the stable I connect a pipe, 0, with the pipe 13, and this pipe 0 is provided with apertu res, as shown, so that as the horses app roach the pipe. 0 after they have been released and driven from their stalls they will again be subjected to streams of water, which will act to drive them away from the end of the stable and toward the door, which in practice would be located at the end opposite that in connection with which the pipe 0 is arranged.

From the above description it will be seen that in case of fire the horses may be released and driven out of the stable by turning the horizontal shaft Z, which, as before stated, and asindicatedin Fig. 1, is provided with a manipulating attachment upon its outer end. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a bar provided with halter-ring bolts, of keepers with which said boltsengage, a rack formed upon the bar,

an apertured waterpipe, a valve arranged in handle, 17,, arranged in connection with the connection with said pipe and provided with pipe m, a rack, q, connecting with the valvea slotted handle, a rack-bar engaging with the handle, a vertical shaft, h, mutilated gears g valvehandle, ashaft carrying mutilated gears and r, bevel-gears i and 7c, and a horizontal I5 5 that are arranged to engage with the racks shaft, Z, extendingoutward from the building,

above named,and anieans for turninglheshaft, substantially as described.

substantially as described. v

2. The combination, with a bar, I), having MORTIMER SHELLEY bolts 0 and a rack, f, of an apertnred Water- XVitnesses: [o pipe,B, apipe, O, arrangedin connection there- EDWARD KENT, J r.,

with, a connecting-pipe, m, a valve having a EDGAR TATE. 

